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October 11, 2024 10:57 PM

Climate change made Hurricane Milton worse, scientists say

The brutal wind and torrential rainfall of Hurricane Milton that killed 16 people in Florida this week were worsened by human-caused climate change, a team of international scientists said on Friday. Global warming made wind speeds around 10% strong...

October 10, 2024 4:12 PM

COP28 President calls on parties to implement UAE Consensus

Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE's Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President, today called on nations to once again "unite, act and deliver" at COP29 in Baku to build on the mandate of last year's historic UAE Consensus, which re...

September 25, 2024 5:49 PM

Climate change doubles chance of floods like those in Central Europe, report says

Climate change has made downpours like the one that caused devastating floods in central Europe this month twice as likely to occur, a report said on Wednesday, as its scientific authors urged policymakers to act to stop global warming. The worst fl...

September 23, 2024 3:20 AM

Leaders at climate change meetings in New York warn of growing mistrust between nations

A marathon week of climate change meetings opened in New York on Sunday, with celebrities and world leaders mingling with corporate leaders over talks on how to drive climate action forward. On Sunday, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres launch...

September 19, 2024 5:30 PM

Global health fund says health, climate, conflict ‘triple whammy’ hits world’s poorest

Climate change and conflict risk overshadowing efforts to improve people's health, when in reality the issues overlap, Peter Sands, head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, said. He was speaking in London ahead of Thursday's ...

August 9, 2024 12:42 PM

Climate change fueled record early fires in Brazil’s wetlands, study says

Climate change intensified by 40% the weather feeding devastating wildfires that have likely killed millions of animals this year in Brazil's Pantanal, the world's largest wetlands, scientists said in a study published on Thursday. Climate change al...

July 30, 2024 12:20 PM

World’s forests failed to curb 2023 climate emissions, study finds

Forests and other land ecosystems failed to curb climate change in 2023 as intense drought in the Amazon rainforest and record wildfires in Canada hampered their natural ability to absorb carbon dioxide, according to a study presented on Monday. Tha...

July 29, 2024 4:29 PM

US targets nitrous oxide in new phase of climate fight

The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it would seek to curb U.S. emissions of powerful industrial greenhouse gases such as nitrous oxide as it enters a new phase in the national strategy to fight climate change under the Paris agreement. The...

July 26, 2024 3:31 PM

Climate change causing more change in rainfall, fiercer typhoons, scientists say

Climate change is driving changes in rainfall patterns across the world, scientists said in a paper published on Friday, which could also be intensifying typhoons and other tropical storms. Taiwan, the Philippines and then China were lashed by the y...

June 28, 2024 5:08 PM

US protects Alaska lands important to tribes’ hunting, fishing

Large areas of federal land in Alaska will be protected from development to conserve fish and wildlife habitats that are important to native communities' way of life, under two measures announced by the Biden administration on Friday. The steps by t...